InfiNet Wireless delivers fast and reliable CCTV connectivity in Guaymas port, improving Mexico’s national security
The upgraded system has improved public safety and helped decrease theft of goods, and drugs and weapon trafficking
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Telefónica Deutschland, a leading integrated telecommunications provider in Germany awards SIAE MICROELETTRONICA, a long-term strategic partner for wireless transmission solutions, a turn-key contract for DCN (Data Communication Networks) …
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has cut production orders in recent weeks for all three iPhone models launched in September, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing sources.
A lower-than-expected demand for the new iPhones and Apple's dec…
Many new electric vehicles were on display at the IDTechEx Show! on November 14-15 in Santa Clara, but that was the tip of the iceberg. The event had a hidden message; the future enabling technologies for electric vehicles (EVs) from buses…
Parents worry about how excessive mobile use is affecting their children but struggle to tame their tech habits, suggests a survey.
It found that 43% of 7,000 parents across Europe who were surveyed were concerned that using gadgets mea…
Facebook, often seen as one of the factors behind the decline of local newspapers, has unveiled a scheme to train reporters to work in local communities across the UK.
The social media giant is giving £4.5m ($5.7m) to local newspaper gr…
Facebook has published the details of 13 historical national security letters it’s received for user data.
The embattled social media giant said that the letters dated between 2014 and 2017 for several Facebook and Instagram accounts…
Ten years ago the iOS App Store launched — and the mobile revolution was off. Entrepreneurs everywhere rallied to take advantage, building category-defining consumer companies like Twitter, Uber, Lyft and Square, among many others.
T…
You’ve probably had the experience of posing awkwardly for a photo while everyone else looks great. Now China’s top photo-editing firm Meitu has a solution that helps you resist the urge to trash that photo.
Meitu’s namesake app, which…
HUAWEI CLOUD, the cloud-computing services of Huawei, announced it had unveiled a new region in South Africa at AfricaCom 2018 on November 14, making the company the world's first cloud service provider that operates a local data center to…
Kenya’s Twiga Foods has raised $10 million from investors led by the International Finance Corporation to add processed food and fast-moving consumer goods to its product line-up.
The startup has built a B2B platform to improve the supply…
fonYou has signed a major tier-one African mobile carrier with over 30 million subscribers to deliver its Artificial Intelligence (AI) based Voice Event Manager solution for prepaid subscribers with no credit to complete their calls. It wi…
Loon, the Alphabet company working to launch balloon-powered Internet on Telkom’s network in 2019, announces that it has secured all necessary regulatory approvals and has begun importing and installing ground infrastructure in Kenya. With…
Low latency access between Africa and the Americas set to benefit local carriers, content and cloud providers as well as enterprise
Teraco, Africa’s largest vendor neutral colocation data centre provider has said that clients currently …
The Duke of Cambridge has accused social media firms of not being proactive enough about dealing with fake news, privacy issues and cyber-bullying.
In a speech given at the BBC, Prince William said social networks had allowed "misinform…
Mark Zuckerberg is both chief executive and chairman of Facebook. In the wake of a damning New York Times report, he is facing renewed questions on whether he should relinquish at least one of those roles.
The Times’ report, which it sa…
COBIT 2019 adds focus areas, reintroduces a maturity model and features a design guide to simplify implementation
ISACA, the global association for information and technology (I&T) audit, risk, governance and security professionals, has…
Liquid Telecom partners with Kymeta to deliver enhanced mobile satellite communications to Africa’s most remote locations
New partnership announced at AfricaCom 2018 brings together Liquid Telecom’s award-winning
VSAT service w…
With hundreds of cryptocurrencies being issued every month, countries face a choice: ban them, leave them unregulated, or come up with rules to tame them.
France is pursuing the third option, which might be regarded as a Gallic middle g…
Ford Motor Co (F.N) Chief Executive Jim Hackett told Reuters the company was open to investment by automakers and others in its autonomous vehicle business, but cautioned that expanding partnerships with German automaker Volkswagen AG (VOW…
A location-tracking smartwatch worn by thousands of children has proven relatively easy to hack.
A security researcher found the devices neither encrypted the data they used nor secured each child's account.
As a result, he said, he …
Facebook faces a new controversy over alleged tactics it used to discredit its critics, embarrass rival firms and downplay problems at the company.
The New York Times has published a wide-ranging account of the methods Facebook and a pu…
Uber’s new loyalty program incentivizes you not to check Lyft or the local competitor. Riders earn points for all the money they spend on Uber and Uber Eats that score them $5 credits, upgrades to nicer cars, access to premium support and…
Enapter today revealed its new generation of green hydrogen electrolysers, the EL 2.0. Electrolysers split water into oxygen and hydrogen, a technology that is poised to contribute significantly to greening energy systems globally. “It is …
Both trendsetters and futurists agree that photography and social media are the biggest drivers of smartphone user growth. For big screen and selfie lovers, a good smartphone is the one that makes you see beyond the edges of your phone and…
Nokia has deployed the its 5G site for the South African operator rain in time for the operator to launch 5G services ahead of AfricaCom 2018. The launch and subsequent rollout are well aligned with the government’s strategy to connect the…
No More Red Lights? Ford Imagines a Future Where Stopping at Junctions Could Become a Thing of the Past
• Ford is exploring how choregraphing connected cars at junctions could one day enable drivers and passengers to enjoy free-flowing …
Visit Nokia at stand C95 at this year’s AfricaCom
AfricaCom 2018 (tmt.knect365.com/AfricaCom) will be another landmark event for Nokia (Nokia.com). This year, the company will again showcase how it is shaping the future of technology t…
Security firm Kaspersky Labs has opened its first self-styled ‘Transparency Center’ and begun processing threat-related data from European users in data centers located in Switzerland — flipping the switch on the start of a relocation com…
Today, Google’s YouTube VR app arrives on the $199 Oculus Go, bringing to Facebook’s entry-level VR device the largest library of VR content on the web.
YouTube brings plenty of content in conventional and more immersive video types.…
Steve Jobs famously once said that people don’t read anymore, but it turns out younger people are, in fact, reading quite a lot — just in different ways than expected. Case in point: 70 million readers log in to online community Wattpad ea…
Germany’s thriving economy has lulled the country into a false sense of security that is hindering government efforts to close a digital technology gap with other leading economies, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s digital czar said on Tuesday.
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China’s top cyber authority has scrubbed 9,800 social media accounts of independent news providers deemed to have posted sensational, vulgar or politically harmful content on the Internet, it said late on Monday.
China’s strict online c…
The Maraphone is high-spec, affordable, smart, transformative and in line with the Bank’s Industrialize Africa High 5 priority
African high-tech player Mara (Mara.com) on Friday announced the production of their newest product the Marap…
Internet giant Alibaba has set new sales records on Sunday for its biggest shopping day, the annual Singles Day.
The Chinese company hit a record $1bn (£774m; €883m) in sales in 85 seconds, and then just shy of $10bn in the first hour o…
French startup BlaBlaCar is announcing plans to acquire Ouibus, the bus division of France’s national railway company SNCF. For the first time, BlaBlaCar is moving beyond carpooling and plans to offer both long-distance carpooling rides an…
Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila has said the GPS signal in his country's northern airspace was disrupted during recent Nato war games in Scandinavia.
He said he believed the signal had been jammed deliberately and that it was possibl…
"Flash sales" publicising a Chinese smartphone company's UK launch have sparked a backlash on social media.
Xiaomi advertised two of its new handsets for £1 each last week as part of a "crazy deals" promotion.
But it has emerged that e…
When the initial buzz of Portal finally dies down, it’s the timing that will be remembered most. There’s never a great time for a company like Facebook to launch a product like Portal, but as far as optics go, the whole of 2018 probably sh…
Xiaomi’s expansion into Europe continues at speed after the Chinese smartphone maker announced plans to open its first retail store in London.
The company is best known for developing quality Android phones at affordable prices and a…
Germany must learn to “promote not impede” the use of artificial intelligence, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chief of staff said, as it seeks to close a digital technology gap between it and other leading economies.
Merkel’s cabinet is hol…
Google today announced that Chrome will soon get a new feature that aims to stop mobile subscription scams. Those are the kind of sites that ask you for your phone number and that then, unbeknownst to you, sign you up for a mobile subscri…
Company awarded Sustainability Certificate from Switch Data Center
Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of enterprise software products and services, and the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP softw…
Coronet said on Thursday it has entered into a partnership with Dropbox (DBX.O) that is expected to bring the Israeli cybersecurity firm millions of new users for its data breach protection platform.
As part of the partnership, Coronet …
Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) intends to sell electric cars for less than 20,000 euros ($22,836) and protect German jobs by converting three factories to make Tesla (TSLA.O) rivals, a source familiar with the plans said.
VW and other carmakers…
Taxify, a European-based rival to Uber and the leading app-based taxi-hailing platform in Africa, expects to grow its African business ten-fold over the next two years while it works to dethrone Uber in Europe, its chief executive told Reu…
A follow-up to Vine has been announced, two years after the six-second video app was shut down by Twitter.
Byte will be a similar app to Vine, which helped launch the careers of stars including Shawn Mendes and Logan Paul.
After Vine…
The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) today announced that RADWIN, Federated Wireless and Saankhya Labs have joined the Alliance, as it continues to advocate for laws and regulations that will lead to more efficient spectrum utilisation.
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The boss of Netflix, Reed Hastings, has told the BBC he is looking forward to going up against Disney when it launches its online streaming service, Disney Plus, next year.
"We've been competing with Amazon for more than 10 years, so we…
According to leading analyst firms such as IDC, IHS Markit, and Counterpoint Huawei overtook Apple again in the third quarter of 2018 and remains the world's second largest smartphone vendor for two consecutive quarters.
While its marke…